I'll tell you all one NOT TO GET. It's the Radio Shack 150/230 watt
#64-2187.
It's tip is shaped like an oversized Weller tip.
When you heat it up at 230 watts, the tip glows red hot in the wire
sections 2/3 of way down in to the tip! The tip isn't near the hot
spot. I for one wanted the tip to be hot and keep it on the joint for
the minimum amount of time. I didn't want to keep the tip on the
joint long enough for it to draw the heat from the hot part.
I suppose if I cut the tip length back, I could move the hot spot
closer to the tip.
Bad design.
73 de Brian/K3KO
Phil Levin W2GE wrote:
>
> I can't remember who was looking for a big soldering iron for PL-259's
> but...
>
> I just picked up a brand new 180! watt soldering iron with On-Off switch in
> the handle from Ebay and I'm pretty sure he did have some others available.
> I paid $25.00 for it, probably 75.00 or so in stores. BIG iron with lotsa
> heatsink... BTW, that's right... 180 watts. If anyone is interested drop
> me an email and I can give you the sellers email address. Phil W2GE
>
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